Obama To Name Julia Pierson As New Secret Service Director

Obama To Appoint First Female Director Of Secret Service
FILE In this Sept. 26, 2012 file photo President Barack Obama campaigns at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. Presidential campaigns seem like distant history almost from the moment someone wins. Yet a big aspect of every campaign lives on: the victor's promises. Not just hopes and dreams and cross your fingers, but a pact with the people, a set of distinct IOUs. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
FILE In this Sept. 26, 2012 file photo President Barack Obama campaigns at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. Presidential campaigns seem like distant history almost from the moment someone wins. Yet a big aspect of every campaign lives on: the victor's promises. Not just hopes and dreams and cross your fingers, but a pact with the people, a set of distinct IOUs. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

President Obama will appoint Julia Pierson, a veteran U.S. Secret Service agent and senior official, as the first female director of the agency, White House officials said Tuesday.

Pierson, 53, began her career in the Secret Service as an agent in Miami three decades ago. She now serves as the service's chief of staff.

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